INSPIRATION AND HUMILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF INDIA

INSPIRATION AND HUMILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF INDIA

Posts Tagged: #JLF

Okay, I am happy to admit it up-front: before I was invited to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival – JLF – (note: not ‘literary’, not ‘writers’) in India I had never even heard of it. I assumed that it was probably some modest local event, spiced up a little by bringing in some foreign authors to add… Read more »

Divya Vijay, Jan Carson, NS Madhavan and Uday Prakash moderated by Paul McVeigh Stories are everywhere and “we are partly made of stories”. Short stories run a huge mile and can provide anything from “momentary bliss” to “motivation” that can last a lifetime, declared moderator, novelistand short story writer Paul McVeigh.McVeigh, whose debut novelThe Good… Read more »

Navin Chawla in conversation with N. Ram At the twelfth ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, Writer and Chief Election Commissioner of India, Navin Chawla, launched his new book, Every Vote Counts: The Story Of Elections in India. Padma Bhushan Narasimhan Ram, veteran journalist and winner of the Sri Lanka Ratna, started by asking Chawla about… Read more »

Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Ira Mukhoty Entering its twelfth edition, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival welcomed India’s veteran mythologist DevduttPattanaik. Famous for his interpretations of ancient Indian scriptures and stories, the author revealed thatJaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata was“the book which made me popular.” Pattanaik commenced his address by playing a song… Read more »